COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Some of the five Iraqi men accused in the sexual assault of a Colorado Springs woman talked before the incident about how unhappy they were with the treatment they have received in the United States, court documents state.

The woman told police the men also spoke about “the United States oppressing them and calling them terrorists,” according to the documents obtained by KKTV-TV ( http://goo.gl/k1fsc).

The woman told police she heard a disturbance outside her apartment while getting the mail on July 21 and intervened to stop a fight by a group of young men. Afterward, she said she was invited to the apartment of one of the men, where she talked with him and some of the others. She said she was given lemonade and later passed out.

The victim told police the men reminded her of her own son, and she wanted to help them. She also sympathized because she had been in the military and previously lived in foreign countries.

Authorities said the woman suffered serious internal injuries from what they say was a horrific sexual assault.

Police said one of the suspects later asked her to leave because he didn’t want blood stains in his apartment, according to the documents.

Sarmad Fadhil Mohammed told police the woman was invited to his apartment, and after she refused to have sex, he tried to go to sleep, according to the police affidavit of probable cause.

Mohammed and Jasim Mohammed Hassin Ramadon, 22, are accused of sexual assault and being an accessory. Three other Iraqi men have been charged with being accessories. None of the suspects have entered pleas.

Ramadon was previously hailed as a hero for helping U.S. soldiers in Iraq and was featured in “A Soldier’s Promise,” a combat memoir by Army First Sgt. Daniel Hendrex published in 2009.

The affidavit said Mohammed offered the woman a drink of rum and asked if she was there to have sex. He said she refused, and he tried to go to sleep after trying to stop another suspect from trying to sexually assault her.

Mohammed told police that he was falling asleep on the couch when he awoke to hear the woman groan. He said he asked her to leave because he did not want the blood stains in his apartment, the documents state.

Ramadon denied any sexual contact to police, according to the documents.

All the suspects are legal residents of the U.S. and now face deportation whether they’re convicted or not.